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Rietvlei & Marais Dams (25532817)
Gauteng
CWAC status	REGISTERED-COUNTED REGULARLY
Authority	Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment
Management status	PROVINCIAL GAME/NATURE RESERVE
Conservation status	PROTECTED
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Date_registered
1997-01-01
Brief_description
Two dams in a 3200 ha nature reserve. This site was counted in 1997, when 29 waterbird species were recorded, 22 in summer and 23 in winter. The summer count yielded good numbers of Cattle Egret and reasonable numbers of Darter and Sacred Ibis, while the winter count yielded good numbers of Dabchick, Whitebreasted Cormorant and Egyptian Goose. Redknobbed Coot is numerous, especially in winter. The spread of Black Wattle is a potential threat.

Spp	Common name	Taxonomic name	Min	Avg	Max	Subregional IBA	RAMSAR
256		Calidris pugnax	1	1.50	2
72		Scopus umbretta	1	1.30	2
1016		Anas platyrhynchos	1	2.90	7
273		Dromas ardeola	0	0.00	0
269	Avocet, Pied	Recurvirostra avosetta	5	5.00	5
66	Bittern, Dwarf	Ixobrychus sturmii	1	1.00	1
71	Bittern, Eurasian	Botaurus stellaris	1	1.00	1
67	Bittern, Little	Ixobrychus minutus	1	2.22	7
212	Coot, Red-knobbed	Fulica cristata	5	352.67	1140
50	Cormorant, Reed	Microcarbo africanus	8	82.64	269
47	Cormorant, White-breasted	Phalacrocorax lucidus	3	76.77	243		130
199	Crake, African	Crex egregia	11	11.00	11		-1
203	Crake, Black	Zaporina flavirostra	1	4.65	16
52	Darter, African	Anhinga rufa	2	64.63	288	250
95	Duck, African Black	Anas sparsa	1	3.77	13
10006	Duck, Domestic	Anas platyrhynchos domesticus	1	1.00	1
10034	Duck, Hyrbid Mallard/Yellow-billed	Anas platyrhynchos x undulata	1	4.00	9
91	Duck, Knob-billed	Sarkidiornis melanotos	18	18.00	18
10003	Duck, Muscovy	Cairina moschata	1	2.00	3
10014	Duck, Unidentified	Anas sp.	1	1.67	3
104	Duck, White-backed	Thalassornis leuconotus	1	1.67	3
100	Duck, White-faced Whistling	Dendrocygna viduata	1	4.00	6
96	Duck, Yellow-billed	Anas undulata	2	64.91	180
58	Egret, Great	Ardea alba	1	4.00	12
60	Egret, Intermediate	Ardea intermedia	1	19.00	37
59	Egret, Little	Egretta garzetta	1	4.47	12
61	Egret, Western Cattle	Bubulcus ibis	1	352.84	2200
149	Fish Eagle, African	Haliaeetus vocifer	1	1.76	4
10004	Goose, Domestic	Anser anser domesticus	1	1.00	1
89	Goose, Egyptian	Alopochen aegyptiaca	3	100.00	246
88	Goose, Spur-winged	Plectropterus gambensis	1	4.64	15
5	Grebe, Black-necked	Podiceps nigricollis	2	2.00	2
4	Grebe, Great Crested	Podiceps cristatus	1	8.05	44	25
6	Grebe, Little	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1	76.03	414	250
263	Greenshank, Common	Tringa nebularia	2	4.33	7
288	Gull, Grey-headed	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	1	12.16	71
64	Heron, Black	Egretta ardesiaca	2	3.13	7
55	Heron, Black-headed	Ardea melanocephala	1	3.95	36
56	Heron, Goliath	Ardea goliath	1	1.00	1
54	Heron, Grey	Ardea cinerea	1	1.50	4
57	Heron, Purple	Ardea purpurea	1	1.71	5
62	Heron, Squacco	Ardeola ralloides	1	2.67	20
63	Heron, Striated	Butorides striata	1	1.48	3
81	Ibis, African Sacred	Threskiornis aethiopicus	1	143.00	611
83	Ibis, Glossy	Plegadis falcinellus	1	15.71	58
84	Ibis, Hadada	Bostrychia hagedash	1	11.52	44
228	Jacana, African	Actophilornis africanus	1	1.50	2
395	Kingfisher, Giant	Megaceryle maxima	1	1.88	3
396	Kingfisher, Half-collared	Alcedo semitorquata	1	1.00	1
397	Kingfisher, Malachite	Corythornis cristatus	1	1.73	4
394	Kingfisher, Pied	Ceryle rudis	1	2.05	5
247	Lapwing, African Wattled	Vanellus senegallus	1	3.00	8
245	Lapwing, Blacksmith	Vanellus armatus	2	28.05	86
10015	Mallard, Hybrid	Anas hybrid	1	3.67	8
509	Martin, Brown-throated	Riparia paludicola	1	1.00	1
210	Moorhen, Common	Gallinula chloropus	2	45.05	161
211	Moorhen, Lesser	Paragallinula angulata	1	1.00	1
69	Night Heron, Black-crowned	Nycticorax nycticorax	1	2.56	7
361	Owl, Marsh	Asio capensis	1	1.00	1
42	Pelican, Great White	Pelecanus onocrotalus	1	1.00	1
238	Plover, Three-banded	Charadrius tricollaris	1	5.58	27
102	Pochard, Southern	Netta erythrophthalma	1	10.10	47
197	Rail, African	Rallus caerulescens	1	1.67	3		-1
258	Sandpiper, Common	Actitis hypoleucos	1	2.67	8
251	Sandpiper, Curlew	Calidris ferruginea	1	1.50	2
259	Sandpiper, Green	Tringa ochropus	1	1.00	1
262	Sandpiper, Marsh	Tringa stagnatilis	7	7.00	7
264	Sandpiper, Wood	Tringa glareola	1	5.71	19
90	Shelduck, South African	Tadorna cana	1	5.25	30
94	Shoveler, Cape	Anas smithii	1	3.00	8
250	Snipe, African	Gallinago nigripennis	1	2.00	4
85	Spoonbill, African	Platalea alba	1	2.09	5
270	Stilt, Black-winged	Himantopus himantopus	1	4.00	7
253	Stint, Little	Calidris minuta	2	4.50	7
208	Swamphen, African	Porphyrio madagascariensis	1	2.61	10
99	Teal, Blue-billed	Anas hottentota	1	2.71	5
98	Teal, Cape	Anas capensis	1	2.00	4
97	Teal, Red-billed	Anas erythrorhyncha	1	5.24	15
290	Tern, Caspian	Hydroprogne caspia	1	1.50	2
10009	Tern, Unidentified	N/A N/A	2	2.00	2
305	Tern, Whiskered	Chlidonias hybrida	1	8.63	27
304	Tern, White-winged	Chlidonias leucopterus	1	8.25	27
10008	Wader, Unidentified	N/A N/A	1	4.33	10
685	Wagtail, African Pied	Motacilla aguimp	1	2.27	4
686	Wagtail, Cape	Motacilla capensis	1	7.72	32

Thursday 27 March 2025 08:58
FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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